[HYMAN, Trina Schart]. Saint George and the Dragon. Retold by Margaret Hodges. Illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman. Boston: Little, Brown and Company [1984]. Oblong 8vo, 32pp. Dark red quarter-cloth with cream boards pictorially stamped in dark red. Blue-grey endpapers; color illustrations on every page. Spine ends a tad rubbed, else a fine copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (slight wear at folds, spine ends a tad rubbed, no medal affixed).

First edition. 1985 Caldecott Medal Winner! In graceful and evocative prose, Margaret Hodges retells the dramatic story from Edmund Spencer's Faerie Queene. Trina Schart Hyman portrays the monstrous dragon; the long, horrible battle; and the final victory celebration in exquisite detail, bringing her full artistic genius to bear in this work.